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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · 4d

❗REMINDER - Last chance to apply! Applications close TOMORROW.

Use your skills to change the world for the animals with us 🐤🩵

Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Sep 1

🤔 Would you like to use your skills for work that truly matters? Join our team and help us create a better world for millions of farmed animals!

We are hiring for two roles. Learn more and apply:
link.animainternational.org/WxFGNz

Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · 9d

Our silent protest in front of the Polish parliament. Blindfolded, holding photos of animals from our latest investigation, we urged politicians not to look away from their suffering.

MPs are scheduled to start debating the bill on banning fur farming at a parliamentary committee next week.

Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · 9d

“Try finding any other issue that 88 percent of Americans can agree on today” – Lewis Bollard takes a calm, factual look at the moral crisis that is factory farming, pointing out that most people consider standard, everyday animal farming practices unacceptably cruel.
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How to End Factory Farming | Lewis Bollard | TED

YouTube video by TED

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · 14d

❗REMINDER: We're hosting a webinar today at 19:00 CEST to tell you all about our recruitment process and answer your questions. It will be recorded for those who can't attend. Join us!

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Behind the scenes of Anima International’s recruitment: what to expect when you apply || Iga Karkoszka. After registering, you will receive a confirmation e...

Anima International recruitment webinar

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · 14d

💸 Global Fundraising Specialist: Secure sustained funding for our work through the smart use of data and building lasting relationships with donors.

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Global Fundraising Specialist

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · 14d

💻 Full Stack Developer: Build modern, scalable digital tools that enable our advocates to work more effectively and help our supporters take action for animals.

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Full Stack Developer

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · 14d

⏰ Less than 2 weeks left to apply for our Global Fundraising Specialist and Full Stack Developer roles! If you want to have meaningful impact on the lives of millions of animals and be a part of our organization, we'd love to meet you. 👇

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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · Sep 2

🇵🇱 Our Legislative Advocacy Managers, Gabriela Kubíková & Ekaterina Solomina, will be at the Conference for Animal Rights in Europe on Sept 11–14.

🐄Join them and other #AnimalWelfare advocates from across the globe in Warsaw or online.

🔗Info & registration → careconf.eu

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Sep 1

🤔 Would you like to use your skills for work that truly matters? Join our team and help us create a better world for millions of farmed animals!

We are hiring for two roles. Learn more and apply:
link.animainternational.org/WxFGNz

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎉🐾 VICTORY FOR ANIMALS IN BULGARIA!⚖️ The Supreme Administrative Court has banned the import and breeding of American mink! 🚫 No more mink farms, no more cruelty. Let's keep fighting for animal rights! 🙌🐾 #AnimalRights #MinkBan #Bulgaria

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jul 29

Our Polish branch is recruiting for four positions.
Deadline – ⏰17th August⏰.

Read more and apply here: link.animainternational.org/GLCsA7

Know someone who would be interested? – Please share this post with them.

Work with us towards a world free from animal suffering 🐖 🐔 🩵

#NGOjobs #pracawNGO

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jul 27

🎊 SLOVENIA BANS CAGE FARMING!✨

Celebrating our friends at Animal Enterprise Transparency Project (AETP) for this MASSIVE victory! Slovenia commits to cage-free by 2028! 🐔💪

Congratulations to the Slovenian public, 94% of whom support farm animal protection. You’ve made history👏
#Slovenia #CageFree

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jul 22

Learn and challenge the current campaign strategies, take part in truth-seeking discussions, and help shape the future of the animal advocacy movement 💡

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jul 22

Can’t wait to see you all in Warsaw in September for this year’s milestone 10th edition. 🎂 🥳 You can also attend online via Eventory.

Discounted tickets available: eventory.cc/event/care-c...

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jul 22

We have just published the program of this year's Conference for Animal Rights in Europe (CARE) – take a look: careconf.eu

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jun 20

Beyond our investigative work, we are continuously pushing food companies, retailers, and governments in multiple countries to end the use of cages.

We won’t stop until these cruel practices are a thing of the past.

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jun 20

These photos are from a Bulgarian farm investigated as part of this project.

Our Bulgarian team met with the Food Safety Agency the day after releasing the footage. We were informed that the farm will not be allowed to continue operation.

We’re now exploring legal pathways to rescue the animals.

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jun 20

These are not isolated incidents. It’s a systemic problem and a global crisis – around 90% of hens worldwide are still kept in cages.

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jun 20

New footage from cage egg farms in 37 countries across six continents was documented over three years by investigators around the world – including investigators from Anima International.

www.france24.com/en/environme...

Exclusive: Global egg industry investigation reveals widespread abuse of caged hens amid bird-flu pandemic

A global investigation into industrial egg farming found hens were kept in cramped and filthy cages in more than 35 countries, raising animal welfare and public health concerns. Global animal rights…

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jun 20

Open Wing Aliance – a coalition of 90+ animal advocacy organizations – in partnership with We Animals and Reporters for Animals published the biggest investigation of industrial egg farming in history.

#animalrights #cagefree

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jun 16

We know it can be done – several European countries have already banned, or are phasing out, these intense confinement systems.

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jun 16

Today, the UK MPs will debate a petition calling for an end to cages and crates for farmed animals.
Over 104,000 signatures demonstrate the public's clear desire for better living conditions and less suffering for farmed animals.
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MPs will debate a petition relating to cages and crates for farmed animals - Committees - UK Parliament

On Monday 16 June, MPs will debate a petition relating to cages and crates for farmed animals.

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Jun 2

“We are not nearly as smart as we think” – Wayne Hsiung explores why learning and adaptability matter more than perfecting tactics when working to end animal suffering. We're honored to be mentioned in this thoughtful piece.

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What We Can Learn from AI Research

We are not nearly as smart as we think. But we can get smarter, if we develop the general capacities to learn.

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · May 26

🌍What does animal advocacy look like in Kazakhstan, Armenia, or Georgia? How can we accelerate progress for animals there?

Our latest blog post outlines the local context and shares insights from our work in Central Asia and the Caucasus:

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Movement seeds: Supporting early-stage local animal advocacy in Central Asia and the Caucasus

In 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anima International closed its Russian branch which I had been a part of. Like myself, many Russian animal advocates were relocating to neighboring ...

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Anima International @anima-int.bsky.social · Apr 28

And if you're wondering what it's like to work with us, Paul from our UK branch Open Cages is here to tell you:

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